Physics and Advanced Technologies in the News
Summary of research highlights, as well as of the awards and recognition received by members of the Directorate in 2006
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Monitoring Nuclear Reactors with Antineutrinos
A new detector promises to ease the tracking of how much plutonium is being formed in the heart of a working nuclear reactor.
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Floating into Thin Air
High-flying balloon gathers images from x-ray sources that are out of this world.
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Loping Through the Lamb Shift
Livermore scientists measured a small perturbation in the spectra of highly ionized uranium—the first measurement of the two-loop Lamb shift in a bound state.
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Imagers Provide Eyes to See Gamma Rays
Gamma-ray imagers provide increased radiation detection capabilities and enhance the nation’s arsenal for homeland security.
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Adaptive Optics Provide a Clearer View
The Center for Adaptive Optics is sharpening the view of celestial objects and retinal cells.
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Simulating Materials for Nanostructural Designs
Models of the interaction between water and semiconductor surfaces at the nanoscale show that changes in both affect the performance of nanodevices.
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An Accerlated Collaboration Meets with Beaming Success
A Livermore–Los Alamos collaboration tested key components for the Los Alamos DARHT Facility—an accelerator for producing intense x rays for flash radiography.
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Planets and Stars under the Magnifying Glass
An international collaboration involving Laboratory scientists has discovered a planet made of rock or ice orbiting a dim star outside our solar system.
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Keeping an Eye on the Prize
A Livermore–IBM team used a new code and the world’s fastest computer to set a performance record for a science application. The simulation involved the first atomic –scale model of the solidification of a molten metal using up to 128 million atoms.
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Diagnosing Flu Fast
A team led by Directorate scientists has developed the FluIDx device that can diagnose flu and other respiratory viruses in patents in just two hours.
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